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W. P. RIVIERE.

STOVEPIPE.

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WALTER P. RIVIERE, OF TAYLOR, TEXAS.

STOVEPIPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,581, dated June 28, 1898.

Application filed November '27, 1896- Serial No. 613,523. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER P. RIVIERE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Taylor, in the county of Williamson and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stovepipes and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such" as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to stovepipe-joints.

My object. is to provide a novel form of Stovepipe-joint whereby a number of pipes can be joined together, said pipes being put in communication with a flue or with one or more stoves or heaters.

A further object is to provide an improved Stovepipe-joint which will have a soot and ashes chamber and a door therefor, so that the soot and ashes will bedeposited in the chamber and can -be cleaned out or removed therefrom whenever desirablewithout necessitating removal of any part of the. stove The invention consists of a stovepipe-joint comprising certain improved features. and novel combination of parts appearing more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved joint; Fig. 2, an end view; Fig; 3, a longitudinal sectional view; Fig. 4, a view in cross-section, and Figs. 5 and 6 views showing the application of the device.

The body'l constitutes both a pipe andv a soot and ashes chamber. This body is made in the shape of atruncated cone whose smaller end is designated by the numeral 2, which end is open, and its larger end is closed by the piece 3. This end 3 is provided with a circular opening 4:. The numeral 5 designates a cover or closure which is adapted to fit in this opening, and it is provided with a suitable handle. The object in making the body enlarged at one end is to provide a slanting bottom, so that 'the soot will gravitate toward the enlarged end and be ready for removal through the opening 4. At 6 there is shown a connecting pipe or thimble which is of substantially the same size as the open end 2 of the cone, and it is connected to the end 3. There is a second connecting pipe 7,

which connects to the upper face of the body, L

and 8 designates a cap which can either be fitted in this pipe or in the pipe 6. a

In Fig. 5 the joint is shown as being inverted and used as an elbow. hen in this position, the opening 4 is uppermost and a swab can be pushed in the joint and the stovepipeconnecting sections A, B,.and C, forcing the soot and ashes into the' joint shown at the right of said figure,which joint connects with a flue D. The ashes and soot drop into the lower portion of the connection of the joint and can be removed through the opening 4: in the same. Then connected as shown at the right of Fig. 5, two pipes can be led from the joint to. separate stoves, so that it is only necessary to-employ one flue. In Fig. 6 the joint is shown as connecting an elbow E to an overhead flue F. 'It will be seen that when thus connected separate pipes can be led to different stoves,if desirable. There are many 7 other ways of connecting up the-joint which I have not spoken of, and there are many slight and immaterial changes that might be resorted to in constructing myinvention'without detracting from any of its advantages,and hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein shown and described, but

consider that I am entitled to all such variations as come within the spirit and scope of the invention. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A stovepipe joint comprising a hollow body having an enlarged closed end, a thim- "ble substantially in alinement with the small open end of the body, a second thimble eX- tending from one side of the hollow body substantially at right angles to the first-named thimble, the closed end of the body being provided with a covered opening to one side of the thimble extending therefrom and said thimbles being in communication with the body, substantially as specified.

2. A pipe-joint comprising a hollow body of cylindrical cross-section having an enlarged closed end and a comparatively small open end arranged eccentrically with respect to the closed end, a thimble extending from the closed end of the body, substantially in alinement with the open end, a covered opening in too the closed end to one side of the thimble, and a second thilnble extending from the side of the body, substantially at right angles to the first-named thimblc, and adjacent to the enlarged end of said bod y',snbstantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- 111g witnesses.

WALTER I. RIVIERE.

Vitncsses:

O. HUSTON, II. S. SMITH. 

